Death and birth are natural. While it is correct that the names of dead persons must be deleted from the electoral rolls, is it also not correct that young persons who have attained the age of 18 on a specified date must be included in the electoral rolls? Given the crude birth rate of Bihar, the number of persons who had, since the elections to the Lok Sabha in 2024, attained the age of 18 would certainly run into a few lakhs. Have they been included? The ECI did not respond, and nobody knows

Death and birth are natural. While it is correct that the names of dead persons must be deleted from the electoral rolls, is it also not correct that young persons who have attained the age of 18 on a specified date must be included in the electoral rolls?

- P Chidambaram

AT THE END of last week, the Supreme Court passed two important directions to the ECI on the challenge to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar — publish the list of deletions with reasons and accept Aadhaar for claims. The hearing will continue.